SINCE mankind’s earliest time on earth, survival was largely as hunters and gatherers, particularly gathering berries. Our love of berries continues to this day, with this time of the year being planting time for all […]

I ALWAYS consider autumn the start of the gardening year rather than spring. Autumn is the time bulbs are planted and now, in mid-winter, we are rewarded by those autumn plantings. In our garden, bulbs […]

HERE are some suggestions of trees that blossom well into the start of summer. Prunus campanulata or Taiwan Cherry is very early for a flowering cherry. The single, bell-shaped, deep, cyclamen-red flowers hang in clusters […]

In winter, red can give a garden a real uplift, especially on a frosty morning. Some plants with red berries have a long tradition behind them such as holly, a favourite winter decoration in Europe. […]

LAST week, I discussed growing dwarf or miniature fruit trees in containers for confined spaces such as townhouse gardens or even the balcony in units, provided they are in full sun most of the day. […]

THE gardens of the Blue Mountains are world class and a must-see in spring if you have not visited the mountains before. The gnarled branches of a rare Japanese Maple at “Merry Garth”. Last weekend, […]

CONIFERS provide structure and evergreen shrubs as a foil against deciduous trees and shrubs that give many gardens a naked look in winter. In our local climate, there are few evergreen trees as opposed to […]

WOODLAND paths, rare trees, exotics, a secret garden, pretty ponds, a well-established arboretum and several muscly kangaroos are all hidden away in a soon-to-be public park in Weston Creek – and the community doesn’t even […]

THE Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show is reputedly the largest such event in the southern hemisphere. Some of its gardens have won prizes at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in the UK. In the […]

AS I write this, suddenly autumn has arrived with blustery, bitterly cold winds. Until the second week in April, autumn was magic with unseasonably warm days and nights. It simply could not last forever and […]

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TEENAGER Grace Abbey-Moore, 15, remains missing, forcing police to renew its call for public assistance. Grace, who has brown eyes and long dark hair, was last seen by family members at about 2am on December […]

THE residential building company Lifestyle Homes (ACT) No.1 Pty Ltd has been hit with fines of $25,000 after it breached the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 at its residential construction site in Coombs last year. […]

ONLOOKERS at Belconnen Arts Centre this morning (December 19) saw “CityNews” Artist of the Year Liz Lea dance in celebration of its $15 million expansion, which will start today. Arts Minister Gordon Ramsay was on hand […]

IT took disgraced Nationals MP Andrew Broad 24 hours after the “sugar baby” story broke to announce the inevitable – that he won’t recontest his Victorian seat of Mallee. They do things slowly in the […]